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Reason #27566 to Quit Smoking

Yet another reason to put down that pack: according to new research from the Wien Center for Alzheimer’s Disease, drinking and smoking heavily increases the risk of early onset of Alzheimer’s. A study of 938 people age 60 and older found that these behaviors were linked to onset as much as six or seven years earlier than average. The good news: researchers also found that lifestyle modifications can delay and even prevent the disease.
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